Monopoly: Family Fun and Blood Thirst
By: Keith
I‘ve been waiting patiently for the day I could subject my kids to Monopoly, the game that my dad routinely used when we were growing up to remind us who the boss was; it was pure domination for at least a decade. Yesterday was my chance to deliver the beat down to the next generation. I was nearly knocked off my horse right out of the gates. My 5 year old just about beat me after he put his mother out of the game and shrewdly un-mortgaged her properties and built a row of hotels on them (after asking his mother how to do it). Unfortunately he hit my Boardwalk properties on the very next move and had to get rid of his brand new hotels on which property I forthwith landed absent of the hotels. In other words, I won by sheer luck, not shrewd business dealings. If Monopoly, then, is a game of luck, how did my dad manage to beat us all the time? It’s a mystery of Monopoly. Is it psychological? If it is then I’m glad my kids are tough nuts to crack. I’d gladly sacrifice the joy of pummeling them in a game of Monopoly for the reward of seeing them beat me right off. Humiliating? A little.
10 Reasons Monopoly Rules:
1. Boardwalk: The sheer destruction that a 2000 dollar hotel brings is priceless.
2. Go: Such a relief.
3. Jail: When you have nothing, jail is the place to be.
4. Chance and Community Chest: There’s always the hope of a trip to St. Charles or Go.
5. Being the Banker: You can cheat if you want – but you don’t want, right?
6. “Shit!”: The most honest reaction when landing on Boardwalk.
7. B&O Railroad: The stinkiest of all railroads.
8. The Battleship: Not the dog, not the cannon and certainly not the thimble. The Battleship is psychological warfare!
9. Being Forced to Struggle on: When everything is mortgaged and you have 5 dollars sitting in front of you – the end is near and you still have to roll the dice.
10. Gloating: It’s what winners do!
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hahahaha!! Monopoly… I am looking forward to that day too! I’m hoping that Keith P will let his competitive nature go a little.
There’s that whole chance part of Monopoly. If a game starts out bad, it’s gonna stay that way in my opinion. My brother and I used to have a Monopoly game we left out for months at a time, it never seemed to end.
I just picked up the Goldman Sachs edition of Monopoly, it even came with its own federal indictment!
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I’ll play as long as I get to be the racecar!
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My son loves to play Monopoly. Can’t say that I beat him every time, but I sure don’t just let him win. Good for the kids to learn that sometimes you lose.
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My big brother used to buy EVERYTHING he landed on and he ALWAYS beat us. Man it used to piss me off. I haven’t played Monopoly in ages.
Do you do the “Free parking” modification? All money that goes to the bank by the players (like community chest cards) went into a pile in the middle of the board. Whenever somebody lands on Free Parking, they get that pile of cash. It makes the game last HOURS longer.
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Joe: Yeah! We do that, too! It can bring a player right back from the brink. I love that modification. Wonder who the first person to think that up was. Otherwise free parking is sorta useless.
#6 is classic. (and oh, so true.)
you should get a cut of the monopoly game on plan on buying this weekend. i need to put Pookie and Lovie in their places.
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shoot sweet story bro.